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Official description

EMP Mines are simple defenses used at choke points or other important locations. Though the blast of a Mine can kill or heavily injure infantry, its most prominent feature is that it disables enemy vehicles for a large amount of time. This gives a Soviet commander either more time to set up defenses, or to trap and then destroy helpless enemies. Placing an EMP Mine on a single cell will result in 4 more appearing nearby, wherever free space is available.[1]

Overview

EMP Mines give China an additional defense option against hordes of vehicles (except Speeder Trike or Gharial). More importantly, it is independent from power supply, so a Chinese base is far from defenseless from vehicle waves during a power outage (e.g. power sabotaged by an enemy spy) in comparison to other Soviet subfactions.

As EMP Mines require a period of time before arming themselves, they must be placed ahead of time, preferably in chokepoints where ground troops have no choice but to pass through the mine-infested area. As such, they are not for sudden emergencies (e.g. Navy SEAL unloaded via Stallion Transport) like other defenses and thus require some prediction to where enemies will likely attack by the Chinese commander.

EMP Mines not only affect enemy vehicles but also have effect on enemy infantry, it will kill or heavily injure them. But EMP Mines is not activate against disguised spies, meaning a Chinese commander must deal with them through other means.

Appearances

In the campaign, EMP Mines are widely used by not only China but also Russia and Latin Confederation, in limited numbers.

Act One

The EMP Mines first appears in the Covert Ops mission Eclipse as a buildable structure.